The New-York Review, Volumen7George Dearborn & Company, 1840 |
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... Remarks on the Currency of the United States , and present and future Prospects of the Country . By PUBLIUS . VI . THE SMITHSONIAN BEQUEST Report of Mr. John Quincy Adams , from the se- lect Committee appointed by the House of Repre ...
... Remarks on the Currency of the United States , and present and future Prospects of the Country . By PUBLIUS . VI . THE SMITHSONIAN BEQUEST Report of Mr. John Quincy Adams , from the se- lect Committee appointed by the House of Repre ...
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... remarks which we had occasion to make in a recent paper , on the great superiority , over all others , of the Ger- man philologists of the present day , especially in matters of historical criticism , are most strikingly exemplified in ...
... remarks which we had occasion to make in a recent paper , on the great superiority , over all others , of the Ger- man philologists of the present day , especially in matters of historical criticism , are most strikingly exemplified in ...
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... remarks in this paper prin- cipally to the character and history of the Athenian demo- cracy , we shall barely refer our readers to what is said , in the first volume , at much length , of the Pelasgi , of the emi- grations , the genius ...
... remarks in this paper prin- cipally to the character and history of the Athenian demo- cracy , we shall barely refer our readers to what is said , in the first volume , at much length , of the Pelasgi , of the emi- grations , the genius ...
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... remarks we have just made , as entertaining , in regard to these admi- rable writers , the opinion which a brilliant and eloquent , but " presumptuous and superficial " writer , has not scru- pled to pronounce on all such undertakings ...
... remarks we have just made , as entertaining , in regard to these admi- rable writers , the opinion which a brilliant and eloquent , but " presumptuous and superficial " writer , has not scru- pled to pronounce on all such undertakings ...
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... remark leads us , naturally , to speak of the attention which has of late years been awakened in Europe , to such inquiries as those contained in the works at the head of this article . The history , and especially the political history ...
... remark leads us , naturally , to speak of the attention which has of late years been awakened in Europe , to such inquiries as those contained in the works at the head of this article . The history , and especially the political history ...
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Página 12 - The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place are lost...
Página 184 - Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm, that every window was wide open — and so perfectly still, that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.
Página 363 - I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me; that I am still alive to lift up my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy! Pressed down as I am by the hand of infirmity, I am little able to assist my country in this most perilous conjuncture; but, my Lords, while I have sense and memory, I will never consent to deprive the royal offspring of the House of Brunswick, the heirs of the Princess Sophia, of their fairest inheritance.
Página 375 - It may, by metaphor, apply itself Unto the general disposition ; As when some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his affects, his spirits, and his powers, In their confluctions, all to run one way, This may be truly said to be a humour.
Página 166 - ... degraded rather than exalted by an attempt to reward virtue with temporal prosperity. Such is not the recompense which providence has deemed worthy of suffering merit ; and it is a dangerous and fatal doctrine to teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded by, the gratification of our passions, or attainment of our wishes. In a word, if a virtuous and self-denied...
Página 147 - By civil rage and rancour fell. The rural pipe and merry lay No more shall cheer the happy day : No social scenes of gay delight Beguile the dreary winter night : No strains, but those of sorrow flow, And nought be heard but sounds of woe, While the pale phantoms of the slain Glide nightly o'er the silent plain.
Página 171 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs...
Página 166 - ... a character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp, is degraded rather than exalted by an attempt to reward virtue with temporal prosperity. Such is not the recompense which Providence has deemed worthy of suffering merit...
Página 364 - Shall this great kingdom, that has survived whole and entire the Danish depredations, the Scottish inroads, and the Norman conquest; that has stood the threatened invasion of the Spanish Armada, now fall prostrate before the House of Bourbon? Surely, my lords, this nation is no longer what it was! Shall a people that seventeen years ago was the terror of the world, now stoop so low as to tell its ancient inveterate enemy, take all we have, only give us peace?
Página 70 - And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.